Great news for the bird watchers! 237 whooping cranes have already made their yearly migration, returning to Texas’ Aransas National Wildlife refugee. These numbers along with the number of currently captive birds brings their total population to a…
Whooping cranes' comeback puts Texas' crane population to a record 518 in 100 years! Read More »
You must be busy preparing for the New Year party by now! But, did you prepare for where to send the leftovers that will be generated at the end of the party? Dump them just to rot in the nearby landfill to produce an unhealthy and foul air? Oops! Don’t..
Feed birds with the New Year dinner leftovers and avoid unhygienic food decay! Read More »
Climate change is alarmingly devastating the Great Barrier Reef and in turn the food source of its exotic fish species! An environmental study has found that the fish’s food source is disappearing rapidly along with the changing climate, leaving the..
Warming seas wiping out fish's food source! Read More »
We may soon get peanuts in the market shelves that could just not be safer, but also more nutritious and even easier to grow, compared to the conventional ones! Yes, scientists have been given a green signal for building genetically engineered peanuts…
Compared to the rest of the world, the Northern latitudes are warming twice as rapidly! — According to a 2004 scientific assessment. With the Arctic’s annual ocean temperatures predicted to rise with an additional 13 degrees Fahrenheit by the century’s..
Will listing Polar Bears as 'Threatened' compel U.S. industries to curb CO2 output? Read More »
On Tuesday, a strong tremor of magnitude 7.1 has struck off Taiwan! According to the US Geological Survey, it was followed by a powerful aftershock. Though the quake could be felt across the island, no damage or injuries were immediately…
A 47-million-year-old ‘leaf insect’ has been discovered for the first time. To add to the achievement and the scientists’ surprises, the prehistoric leaf-imitating insect strikingly resembles the mimickers of today!
The first leaf-insect fossil –…
47-million-year-old, first leaf-mimicking insect fossil found! Read More »
Perhaps it is the buzzwords ‘climate change’ which is ruling the world of research and after-effect predictions that led to the previous conclusion that the Australia’s giant prehistoric animals were likely wiped out by climate change!
But, the rule…
The commercial value of Humpback Whales was understood in the 18th century and by the 1960’s, 90% of the Humpback Whale population was decimated. Since the international ban by the International Whaling Commission in 1966, today whales are quite…
The Return of the Humpback.. Read More »
Though on one hand, the conservationists have all reasons to be delighted to find the ‘once hunted to extinction’ fur seal reaching the record levels by breeding so lustily, on the other, their hearty appetite has given birth to fears that they…